Operations Manager, labour hire.
Own a new division end to end. One person, full autonomy, Sydney based.
The role.
We are standing up a labour hire arm inside a licensed building company and we are looking for one person to run it. You would take the division from where it is now, a live service page, a small pool of our own tradespeople and early enquiries from builders, and turn it into a running book of placements.
Piper Moss has been building in Sydney for 40 years. The labour hire arm is new. The backing is not.
What you would do.
- Own the division end to end: client accounts, worker pool, placements and margin
- Recruit, interview and reference check carpenters, labourers, apprentices and formworkers
- Match workers to jobs, hold the roster, and cover the no-shows before the client notices
- Build and keep relationships with builders and site managers across Sydney
- Run compliance: white cards, trade licences, site inductions, SWMS, right to work
- Move timesheets through to payroll and on to client invoicing
- Meet our work health and safety obligations on every site we place into
- Set and defend charge rates so every placement clears what it costs us
What you need.
- Experience in labour hire, recruitment, or construction operations
- You can hold your own on the phone with a site manager at 6am
- A working grasp of NSW construction compliance and WHS
- Organised when the plan changes on the morning of
- Current driver licence
Nice to have, not essential: White card, A trade background, An existing network of Sydney builders, Payroll or timesheet system experience.
What we offer.
- A family run builder with 40 years behind it, and a new division with room to grow
- PAYG employment with superannuation
- A small team, so your work is visible and your decisions stick
- Work across Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Inner West and Lower North Shore
- Pay discussed openly at interview, based on what you bring
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